Finalproject3

Final Project 3 - Jonas' Journal
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Journal,

Right now I am so shocked, a lot has happened lately. First, at the ceremony of twelve I got skipped! The chief elder went straight from eighteen to twenty. I got so worried, my heart was throbbing with fear, I thought I wasn't going to be placed, but right at the end she announced that I wasn't placed, I was selected. I was selected to be the town’s receiver of memory, a very high honor. She said my training would be hard, but the council of elders thought I could handle it. The audience chanted my name, I was so cheerful and full of pride, but now I am fearful for what is to come. I read the rules for receiver of memory, and they are ridiculous! I am excused from the rules of rudeness, I can’t reply for release, I can't talk about my training or my dreams, and I can lie! It worries and unnerves me about what I'm going to experience. I will write later.

-Jonas

Journal,

Today was my first day of training. I met the old receiver of memory, he told me to call him the Giver. We talked about a lot of things, and then he transferred memories to me. He gave me a memory of sledding, an old activity kids use to do when it snowed! It was an incredible feeling, but then he gave me the memory of sunburn, it was a very painful experience. I will have training everyday now. I will write later.

- Jonas

Journal,

I've been with the Giver for a while now, I've experienced a lot of memories of pain, but right now no memory will be anywhere near what I just experienced. I knew my father was a nurturer, and I knew about release. The one thing I didn't know though was what release meant, and today I found out. The Giver showed me a video of my own father releasing a newborn male, and I found out that release means to kill! I watched my father eject a liquid in to the newborn, and kill it, he killed it! I burst into tears and filled with rage, I refused to go home, so the Giver is letting me stay with him in the annex room. We talked about a lot of stuff, and we made a plan for me to escape the town, leaving all of my memories here, showing everyone that this town isn't as perfect as they thought! I have to sleep. I will write later.

- Jonas

Journal,

Today I ran away from the town, and I took Gabriel with me! I'll explain while I have time! I went back home, and at dinner father said they were releasing Gabriel. I was still planning on escaping, but when I heard that I knew I had too, and I knew I had to take Gabriel with me. We left the dwelling around midnight, and just kept pedaling. All throught out the day and night search planes have been looking for us, I have been using my memory of snow to keep us cold from the devices they use. Were tired, and the environment around us keeps changing! I hope I can make it to Elsewhere, and save Gabriel. I will write later.

- Jonas

Journal,

I did it, I made it to Elsewhere! I thought I wasn't going to make it, we got extremely weak and tired, but we made it. The snow caused me to have drop the bike and walk, we got cold and I was climbing a hill, and when we got to the top I saw a town, and heard music! I couldn't believe it, and then there was a sled! Gabriel and I sled down the hill and made it to Elsewhere! I will write later.

- Jonas